Baconomic Indicator

I’m currently designing an educational video about key economic indicators—for work that is, because heaven knows I certainly wouldn’t do that just for fun. Anyway, as a result I’ve been doing a lot of research on economic indicators. My husband found this article about bacon as an economic indicator and it pretty much made my day.

Did you know we are currently in peak-bacon consumption season? Well, we are—with all of those ripe tomatoes, we need some major amounts of bacon to make the deliciousness that is the BLT. As a devoted BLT lover, I can totally wrap my head around the current pork belly shortage we are experiencing.

So the moral of the story is we are loving our bacon right now, and as a result, the price of bacon is on the rise. Economists tell us that this is a great sign for our economy! Score one point for bacon! According to this article, bacon is one “luxury” item that we American’s just aren’t willing to give up. And I say good for us. Bacon lovers of the world unite! Bring us out of the depths of recession and start making our economy sizzle. Bacon—be our beacon!

Sweet Baby James

Last month I headed up to Salt Lake for my dear friend’s wedding. Rachel had a most wonderful wedding, and consequently, I had a fabulous wedding weekend with the girls. I came up a few days before the wedding, so we decided that we needed a Bachelorette-ish night. What better way to celebrate love and marriage than with a serenade from the love of our lives, James Taylor? We went to the James Taylor and Carol King reunion concert and it was spectacular! We may have been the youngest people in the crowd, but we were singing and jamming with the best of them. Good music knows no age boundaries.
 

It couldn’t have been a better evening. We’ve all been obsessed with James for many years now, but the concert solidified our love and convinced me that I must name my first child James so I can sing him a lullaby of Sweet Baby James.

Thank you JT and Carol! It was the perfect start to a perfect weekend!

Priorities

I’ve decided that moving the worst thing in the world. There are approximately a million and five things to take care of when you move. There are so many things to do, it’s important to prioritize. And prioritize I did!

I took care of the most important thing first…and that would be updating the address on my Us Weekly subscription. My house may still be full of boxes, I haven’t updated my driver’s license, or found some of my shoes yet, but I will definitely be able to keep up on Brangelina and the secrets behind the Bachelorette finale. Celebrity gossip stops for no one! Good thing I have my priorities straight!